[retiredguy123]

In my opinion, this is a no brainer. From a cost standpoint, there is no evidence that buying and owning an electric vehicle will save any money at all. Rather, it will probably cost you more money. If you are concerned about the environment, there doesn't seem to be any clear cut evidence that buying an electric vehicle will do anything to improve the environment, because making and disposing of the batteries will do substantial harm to the environment. Also, other countries aren't on board with with any of this environment saving endeavor. It seems to me that, if you really want to help the environment, then why not just buy a smaller car, drive less, and stay off of airplanes? And, if you are a snowbird why not sell one of your houses and only live in one of them? I don't hear anyone promoting the concept of just using less energy. There are lots of ways to reduce your carbon footprint, without buying an electric vehicle. The idea that electric vehicles are the answer to saving the environment is ridiculous.

I'm not suggesting that anyone do any of these things, but they would be a lot more effective than buying an electric vehicle. End of rant.